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HENRYG'. SAAL', or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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Tall whom t mrtg concerm x j Be it known that 1. HENRY, SAAL, a citi- Zen of the'nitedv States, residingV at Chicago', in the county of Cook and State of- Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Mops, of which the following is a full, cleanconcise, and Iexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciication. i

My invention relates to mops, a mop constructed in accordance with thev invention including a handle which is angularly adjustable with respect to the mop" and an improved construction of the mop head whereby oil or other liquid that the mop 1s to apply may readily be supplied to the strands of the mop. lVhilel prefer to eml.

ploy both these characteristics in the same construction i do not wish to be limited to such an arrangement. The handle is made adjustable by having included in its structure a short or stub shaft with which a remaining portion of the handle is in threaded connection, this shaft being placed within a bearing carried by the mop head, a threaded part of the handle projecting through a slot in the bearing into engagement with the shaft whereby a shoulder portion of the handle is tightly engaged with the bearing for the shaft. When the handle is to be readjusted its gripping portion is unscrewed sufliciently to release it from engagement with the bearing whereafter the new adjustment may be selected and secured. A clamping washer desirabl-y surrounds the threaded portion of the handle to engage the bearing and the shoulder part of the handle directly whereby the area of frictional Contact that holds the selected adjustment of the handle is increased.

The mop head is desirably of dished formation with holes in the bottom of the dish structure. This arrangement permits a quantity of oil or other liquid to be poured in the hollow of the dish, this liquid finding its way through openings that are provided in the bottom of the dish and which openings serve to direct the liquid into the strands of the mop.

I will vexplain my invention more fully by reference to the Vaccompanying drawing showing, the preferred embodiment thereof and in which- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the mop with a part of the handle removed, one

Specification of Letters Patent. A Patenggd Mar, 19, 1918., l Application inea oetober' 2,1915. sei-mino. 53.723. n

alternative lposition ofy the handle r being shjownin dotted lines; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the structure illustrated in Fig. 1 with the-handle shown in the position indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig; 4 is a sectional viewrtalreu ai; right angles to the direction in which Fig. 3 is taken; and Fig. 5 illustrates a detail of construction.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughout the different figures.

The mop strands 1 are clamped between clamping ring and the peripheral part of a dished. head plate 3, screws e serving t0 bind the clamping members 2 and 3 into tight engagement with the strandsV l. The strands desirably completely surround the ring 2 so asv to be within the bore of such ring as well as upon its exterior. The plate 3 of the mop head is dished to afford a space in which oil or other liquid may be poured upon the mop head without flowing over the periphery thereof. The bottom of the dish is provided with openings 5 through.` which the liquid may iind downward passage on to the strands of the mop, an arrangement that facilitates the application of liquid to the mop strands when the mop is to be employed in applying such liquid to surfaces. This arrangement is of particular use when the mop is to be em- I ployed to polish ioors, the polishing oil or liquid being quickly and economically applied to the mop.

It will be noted. that by dishing the plate and providing the ring 2 the intense clamping action upon the strands will occur between the inner edge of the ring and the outer portion of the dish and as the openings are located inwardly of the inner edge of the ring 2 the oil passing therethrough will only feed freely to those strands located inwardly of the ring 2 and during the working of the mop this oil will be worked uniformly into the strands which lie outwardly of the ring 2. Through the instrumentality of this structure it will be obvious that I am enabled to prevent, eX- cessive feed of the oil throughout the entire mop in that I utilize the inner strands themselves as a means for positively transmitting the oil to the outer strands.

The metal plate 3 desirably supports a circular bearing 6 in which there is supported a short or stub shaft 7 which, in efthereof is turned so as'to unscrew the screw y 9, whereupon the handle may be swung to thev desired'position, the screw 9 workingl within thejslot 10. '-After the new position has been selected thescrew 9 is screwedv inwardly to clamp Vthe `shaft 7, 'the screw 9,

and the gripping -portion 8 of the handle in lirm relation.

The engagement of the portionsA Y7 and 8 of the handle with the bearing 6 may beenhanced byv providing the friction washer 11 between the :terrule 12 at'the lower end of the handle and the bearing 6.

While I have herein shown and particu- Copies et this patent may be obtained for larly ,described the preferred embodiment of myinvention l do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown i yas changes may readily be made without-de- Aparting from the spirit of my invention,

'but having' thus described my invention IV kkPatent thejfollowingzl l Y A mop comprising a head plate-- having claim as new and desire to secure by Letters a vcentral dish portion provided with open` ings in its bottom, a clamping 'ring disposed beneath the headV plate with its inner edgelocated within thelimitsof the dish portion* andl outwardly of said openings, -mop strands coniined between the head-plate and clamping ring, andyclamping bolts connects ing said plate "and ring.` n y Y In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this twenty-ninth day ofpJune, M

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G. L. CROGG, E. L. WHITE.

4five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner oi Iatents, j

Washington, D. C. 

